Lan Xi seriously explained to Su Mo, "Don't get it, right? In this game, monsters basically don't drop items, only special ones like this will. And the way they drop is different from usual games, you have to collect them yourself, like reality. This tube of blood I gathered is valuable, and so is its weapon, a hook. But it seems of poor quality and is super heavy."
After listening to Lan Xi, Su Mo became even more pensive, seemingly deep in thought.
At that moment, Lan Xi handed the collected blood to Su Mo.
"Here you go."
Su Mo glanced at it but showed no intention of taking it. He turned and walked towards the car, leaving a message behind.
"It's time to go."
Sun Duoxiang reacted and hurriedly agreed.
"Brother Sun is right, it's time to leave, let's go, go....."
Lan Xi, looking at the materials in her hand and then at the departing figure of Su Mo, felt a slight stir and packed them up.
Soon, Su Mo and the others all returned to the car.
"Sit tight, get ready to rush!"
Sun Duoxiang rubbed his hands excitedly, preparing to lead the charge out.
The intense battle scene from before seemed to have invigorated him like a shot of adrenaline.
At that time, Zhang Hao grabbed Sun Duoxiang's shoulder from behind, somewhat concerned, "Brother Sun, don't rush. Let one car go ahead to scout for us."
"Makes sense."
Sun Duoxiang came back to his senses and quickly nodded in agreement. If another butcher suddenly popped up, even if they didn't get wiped out, their souls would be scared to death.
Very soon, car after car rushed out, heading towards the direction where fires were blazing into the sky.
The city streets were very dim, all the street lights were out, reducing visibility.
"Turn on the car lights."
Su Mo reminded everyone.
"Won't work, I've tried it before, they just don't light up. Must be broken due to disrepair, but don't worry, I have great night vision, this isn't a challenge for me. I've been driving since I was sixteen, never had any prob....."
Sun Duoxiang was interrupted, slamming on the brakes suddenly.
"Release the brake."
Su Mo immediately reacted.
Sun Duoxiang quickly let go of the brake.
Thud~
A zombie was directly knocked flying.
Lan Xi hit her head on the back of the seat, annoyed, she said, holding her head.
"What the hell, Sun Duoxiang?"
Embarrassed, Sun Duoxiang quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry, it's just my reflex to brake when I see a figure, forgot this is a game."
That's when Su Mo said gravely to Sun Duoxiang, "Focus. Pedal to the metal, no matter what we encounter, just smash through. Our car's noise has already alerted quite a few zombies."
"Okay, okay!"
Sun Duoxiang immediately floored the accelerator.
Soon, there were hordes of shadowy figures ahead, clearly zombies. The leading car had already surged past them.
"Get through it."
"No problem."
Sun Duoxiang stomped on the gas pedal hard.
Thud~~
Zombies were knocked away one by one, but some got stuck on the car's front, and others smashed into the windshield.
The visibility immediately got worse, and Sun Duoxiang struggled to see the road clearly. With the road already in poor condition and full of obstacles, he had to keep jerking the steering wheel fiercely, causing the car to lurch from side to side.
Lan Xi in the back was even more nervous. She stood up and leaned over the back of the seat, addressing Sun Duoxiang.
"Can you even drive? Why are you swerving so much?"
"Don't rush me, I can't see clearly, didn't you see the windshield is not only cracked, it's dirty too....."
"Be careful, there seems to be a shadow moving up ahead."
At that moment, Lan Xi spotted a silhouette up ahead and hurriedly warned Sun Duoxiang.
"It's nothing big, hold tight!"
Sun Duoxiang floored the accelerator once more.
On the street, a player seeing the speeding convoy wildly waved his hands in excitement. Unfortunately, the lead car ignored him and went straight past, which annoyed him. He ran into the middle of the street, jumping and waving to flag them down.
The result was a swift tragedy.
A loud thump sounded.
Ah~~
Accompanied by a scream, that player was struck and sent flying.
Inside the squad car, Sun Duoxiang also froze, and he muttered to himself.
"Seems like we hit someone."
"Who cares, I would hit even the Jade Emperor if he came."
Zhang Hao said uncaringly.
Just then, Sun Duoxiang, with a look of surprise on his face, said, "Shit, the car lights actually came on after that bump!"
"Enough, just drive properly."
Su Mo said in a stern voice.
"No problem, big bro."
Sun Duoxiang said more confidently.
Just then, Ma Ke glanced back and cried out in terror, "Quick, hurry."
"Hurry what?"
Sun Duoxiang asked, puzzled.
"There are so many zombies behind us!"
Ma Ke yelled in terror.
Sun Duoxiang turned his head for a look and nearly lost his soul in fright, pressing the gas pedal frantically and speeding the car to the very front in an instant.
From a bird's eye view, one could see a few squad cars desperately speeding down the pitch-black streets.
At the same time, the originally quiet city became bustling in this moment, as a large number of players from all directions rushed toward the safety zone.
After a moment, as Sun Duoxiang was speeding and looking back to see the distance between them and the zombie horde had widened, he couldn't help but exhale in relief.
"Whew~~~ That scared the hell out of me."
"Can't you be a bit braver?"
Lan Xi complained with some annoyance.
"My courage is big enough."
"Doesn't feel that big...."
...
"Enough, stop arguing and focus on driving. We are about a third of the way from the safety zone. Don't screw up now."
Su Mo spoke to stop the two.
"Okay....."
Sun Duoxiang immediately shut his mouth, Su Mo's words were quite effective.
Time passed by increment by increment, and everyone inside the car was on edge, since no one knew if some kind of monster might suddenly appear on the road.
Just then, in the middle of the road illuminated by the car's headlights, stood a little girl in a red pleated dress, wearing an uneven cross around her neck and with two pigtails on her head, standing there with her head bowed.
Sun Duoxiang smacked his lips, stepped on the gas pedal, and said helplessly.
"Another player who's got a death wish stopping the car, sorry about this."
Su Mo looked at the little girl in the red dress ahead, his eyes narrowing involuntarily. For some reason, he felt that she looked very familiar.
Right when the car was about to close in, and the blinding light fully shone on her,
Su Mo finally got a clear look at the other party, his pupils shrank, and he shouted in shock,
"It's Dan Dan! Brake!!"
"Ah, who is Dan Dan?"
Sun Duoxiang replied, confused.
Meanwhile, the little girl in the middle of the street suddenly lifted her head, revealing a pale face full of cracked lines, her eyes a dark green, and her small mouth suddenly widening, displaying a ghastly smile with blood-red teeth.
At that moment, Su Mo didn't answer Sun Duoxiang, but instead grabbed the steering wheel and fiercely turned it to the right.
Suddenly, the entire car lost control. Right before it hit the little girl, it swerved sharply to the right, subsequently slamming into the curb and then heavily colliding with the storefront beside.
At this time, the little girl swung a lock chain she was holding in her small hand, and at the end of that chain was a giant iron ball covered in sharp thorns.
With an intense effort from her, the enormous iron ball crashed down toward Su Mo's former position.
Boom!
The squad car following Su Mo's was smashed flat as a pancake.